And the former governor of the State of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party received the majority of the vote, making the priísta ‘virtually’ the new president elect who brought the PRI back to Los Pinos.

So, why has the national media continued to report on the election south of the border?

Unsurprisingly, the process isn’t quite over yet.

While this election has been the most transparent to date in the country; the process has been tortuous and complicated.

Right after the voting places closed, the System of Preliminary Results put together by the Federal Electoral Institute, or IFE, started to provide official – yet preliminary – results for the elections, finishing the following day.

Then last Wednesday, hundreds of electoral districts started their revision of the vote and checked for discrepancies and manually recounted about half of the vote for the presidential election.

Early this week the period for accepting legal challenges began and the nation’s Federal Electoral Tribunal, or TEPJF, has now the task of reviewing and solving legal challenges and officially declare the new president-elect in Mexico.

And with allegations of vote buying, illegal financing and media conspiracy favoring Peña Nieto, the electoral tribunal reportedly stated that a final verdict on the election should be ready before September 6.

“It’s clear that currently the vote count is not in question,” said Political Science Professor Cintia Smith with Monterrey Tech in that northern city.

However, Professor Smith was concerned with possible “use of funds as a mechanism for buying votes.”

The leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador – who came up short once again, just like 2006 – of the Democratic the Revolution Party, informed during a presser that he’ll state his position toward the presidential election on Thursday. Obviously, many anticipate that AMLO will call for annulling the presidential election.

The leadership of conservative National Action Party, while making a case against vote buying, has taken a more pragmatic position of recognizing the electoral final electoral result.

A possible annulment of the presidential election is very unlikely, but the federal tribunal could probably impose large fines to the PRI if irregularities are proven.